DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME The Ancient Rome’s started their day with breakfast. For most Roman’s, breakfast was quite affordable. After breakfast, the adults may go to the Forum, where the shops and bank are. Different events like festivals and religious ceremonies were held here. Public speaking was also done here. During the day, whilst the adults were at the Forum, the children attended school. Ancient Rome had two different types of schools, like we do today. The first school was for children up until the age of 11 or 12. Today this school is like primary school. These schools taught the children basic skills like reading, writing and simple mathematics. Mathematics was done by using an abacus. As they didn't have paper books in the ancient times, the Roman's used waxed tablets and were written on with a stylus instead. When the children reached time to go to the more advanced school; like Secondary School for us. The students learnt more subjects like public speaking or study intellects of Ancient Rome like Cicero. The main difference between Ancient Roman civilisation and our civilisation today is that girls were unlikely to attend these advanced schools. This is because girls were allowed to get married at the age of 12. Boys could get married at the age of 14.
After school, the children would play with their pets, toys and/or friends. For dinner, the poor (Plebeians) would eat porridge. If they could afford food of more quality, they would have fish, bread and olives. On special occasions, wine would be eaten with meat. Whilst the poor ate low quality food, the Patricians (wealthier people) drank large quantities of wine along with their food. The men would have dinner parties whilst the women ate with their children separately. Ancient Roman’s believed in many gods. The gods controlled their lives. Jupiter was the god who played the biggest role in the lives of the Roman’s. Jupiter had a wife called Juno who was the goddess of the sky. Mars (the god of war), Mercury (messenger of the gods), Neptune (god of the sea), Janus (god of the doorway), Diana (goddess of hunting, Vesta (goddess of the hearth), Minerva (goddess of healing and wisdom) and Venus (goddess of love) are some other gods. http://www.allabouthistory.org/ancient-rome.htm http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_education.htm
Clothes The Romans wore: The Romans regularly wore a toga. It consisted of a white sheet 9 yards long. They were arranged fashionable and took great care. The Toga fell out of style rapidly and was exchanged for a comfortable tunic similar to long tee shirts. As mirrors were not invented as the way they are now Roman women look at themselves often in a mirror made of metal.
Food: Poor people’s diet consisted of bread, dipped wine and water. Sometimes their diet included cheese, olives and raisins sprinkled on bread. In 1c CE it became regular to distribute bread daily to the unemployed. The upper class Roman relished fresh meat, fish, fruits, bread, vegetable and used honey to sweeten food similar to the Egyptians. They had slaves to cook and clean. The Romans ate with their fingers.
The average Roman day would begin by waking up at sunrise and eating breakfast. For children aged six to seven and above, school would be starting at sunrise but for other children their school may be starting at home being taught by their parents. The girls would learn how to spin, weave, sew, write and read. The boys would learn about the law, customs and would be physically trained for war. Meanwhile If the parents were not home schooling they would be working . After the children came home from school in the late afternoon they might play with their toys, pets or friends. Dinner may consist a simple porridge or if they had the money fish, bread, olives , meat or wine Then they would retire to a bed either made of straw or just the floor.
In Ancient Rome most boys would be off to school or at home with their tutor in the mornings. The rich people had great belief in their education and the poor people didn't really get a real education but some still learned how to read and write. The rich children were very well schooled and they had private tutors. School was only really for boys only. Girls wouldn't go to school unless they were taught at home if they did have an education. Girls got married at the age of 12 and boys got married at 14 years old. Children would work a 7 day week, there was no weekends.
Girls may not have gone to school but they did get taught how to run the house and how to be a good wife. Girl’s education was music, sewing and having skills of running the kitchen properly. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_education.htm
Numbers :D As you can see on the chart, the Romans didn't have a numeral for zero.
Arabic or Modern
Latin or Roman
Digit Form
Ordinal Form
.
.
example - 1, 2, 3, 4...
example - first, second, third, fourth
1
I
unus - una - unum
primus
2
II
duo - duae - duo
secundas
3
III
tres - tria
tertius
4
IV
quattuor
quartus
5
V
quinque
quintus
6
VI
sex
sextus
7
VII
septem
septimus
8
VIII
octo
octavus
9
IX
novem
nonus
10
X
decum
decimus
11
XI
undecim
undecimus
12
XII
duodecim
duodecimus
13
XIII
tredecim
tertius decimus
14
XIV
quattourdecim
quartus decimus
15
XV
quindecim
quintus decimus
16
XVI
sedecim
sextus decimus
17
XVII
septendecim
septimus decimus
18
XVIII
duodeviginti
duodevicesimus
19
XIX
undeviginti
undevicesimus
20
XX
viginti
vicesimus
21
XXI
viginti unus
vicesimus primus
22
XXII
viginti duo
vicesimus secundas
23
XXIII
viginti tria
vicesimus tertius
24
XXIV
viginti quattuor
vicesimus quartus
25
XXV
viginti quinque
vicesimus quintus
30
XXX
triginta
tricesimus
40
XL
quadraginta
quadragesimus
50
L
quinquaginta
quinquagesimus
60
LX
sexaginta
sexagesimus
70
LXX
septuaginta
septuagesimus
80
LXXX
octoginta
octogesimus
90
XC
nonaginta
nonagesimus
100
C
centum
centesimus
200
CC
ducenti
ducentesimus
300
CCC
trecenti
trecentesimus
400
CD
quadringenti
quadringentesimus
500
D
quingenti
quingentesimus
600
DC
sescengenti
sescentesimus
700
DCC
septingenti
septingentesimus
753
DCCLIII
sepingenti quinquaginta tria
Founding Year of Rome - April 21, 753 BC
800
DCCC
octingenti
octingentesimus
900
CM
nongenti
nongentesimus
1000
M
mille
millesimus
1900
MCM
mille nongenti
millesnongentesimus
2000
MM
duomilia
bismillesimus
2100
MMC
duomilia centum
bismilles centesimus
3000
MMM
tresmilia
tresmillesimus
4000
MMMM
quadramilia
quadramillesimus
5000
V
quinmilia
quinmillesimus
6000
VM
sesmilia
sesmillesimus
7000
VMM
septuamilia
septuamillesimus
8000
VMMM
octomilia
octomillesimus
9000
MX
nonamilia
nonamillesimus
10,000
X
decem milia
decies millesimus
11,000
XM
undecim milia
undecim millesimus
12,000
XMM
duodecim milia
duadecim millesimus
50,000
L
quinqua milia
quinqua millesimus
60,000
LX
sexa milia
sexa millesimus
80,000
LXXX
octo milia
octo millesimus
90,099
XCXCIX
nona milis novaginta novem
nona millesimus nonus
100,000
C
centum milia
centies millesimus
200,000
CC
ducenta milia
ducenta millesimus
200,100
CCC
ducenta milia centum
ducenta millesimus centum
200,510
CCDX
ducenta milia quindecem
quindecem
500,000
D
quingenti milia
quingenti millesimus
600,000
DC
sescenti milia
sescenti millesimus
700,000
DCC
sepusducenta milia
sepcenti millesimus
1,000,000
M
mille milia
mille millesimus
Calendar The first Roman calendar was based on 10 months and only 304 days. The remaining 61 days that were later discovered to have been missing, were basically ignored and just occurred sometime during the winter season. The 10 months, beginning in modern March, were named Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. The last six of these months were derivatives from the Latin words for five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten,
A king, Numa Pompilius, is accredited with the addition of Januarius and Februarius, as winter months, to the calendar.
Days of the week
Days of the Roman Week
Roman Day
Rough Translation
Modern Day
Modern Source
Dies Saturni
Day of Saturn
Saturday
Direct passage from Latin
Dies Solis
Day of the Sun
Sunday
Direct passage from Latin
Dies Lunae
Day of the Moon
Monday
Direct passage from Latin
Dies Martis
Day of Mars
Tuesday
Originally Tiwesdaeg 'The day of Tiw', from the Norse Tysdagr.
Dies Mercurii
Day of Mercury
Wednesday
Originally Wodnesdaeg 'the day of Woden' (Odin), from Norse Odinsdagr.
Dies Jovis
Day of Jupiter
Thursday
Originally Thursdaeg 'the day of Thor', from Norse Thorsdagr.
Dies Veneris
Day of Venus
Friday
Originally Frigesdaeg 'the day of Freya', from Norse Freyjasdagr.
This is the alphabet that the ancient Romans used. As you can see, many of the letters look like those we use today. No wonder our letters are sometimes referred to as the Latin Alphabet!
EDUCATION The children of rich families were the ones that went to school as the poorer children were needed to work. These poorer children were often taught by their parents. However some people payed for school masters to teach. There were 12 students in a class. The used wax tablets to scratch words or numbers into. School lasted until the children turned 11, the boys would usually continue on in school, while the girls learnt how to run a home.
TOYS After school kids liked to play with some of the following toys:- · rattles · scooters · jump rope · yo-yos · seesaws · swings · kites · Dolls made from wax or clay - Some had jointed legs and arms. · balls · board games · hobbyhorses · carts hitched to goats, ponies, or dogs · models of animals and people · hoops with pieces of metal on them like bells · stilts · weight lifting · tic-tac-toe · knucklebones - similar to jacks except with bones · boys played war with wooden swords · leapfrog · Odd or even - One child held stones in a closed hand. The other guessed if the objects were an odd or even number.
PETS Families often owned a dog however birds, monkeys and Cats were also owned.
FAMILY In Rome everybody from Grandparents to Kids lived in the same house, this was usually run by the oldest male. The women's roll was to take care of the children.
MARRIAGE Girls married at the age of 12 to a boy of around 14 years. The ceremony was held at the bride's father's house.
Dinner Dinner for Ancient Romans for the wealthier Romans was called Cena. This was the main meal of the day and more time was spent in perpetration then in eating. Rich or wealthy Romans used to eat lots of meat such as Pork, Chicken and Rabbit. And Wealthy Romans also used to eat lots of fruit vegetables and Fish. But on Special Occasions they used to eat Giraffe and Flamingo. Wealthy Romans usually had slaves who cooked for them, cleaned for them and served then during dinner. They usually drank whine. Dinner for Poor Romans poor Romans usually only used to eat bread for dinner served with a wheat porridge and some Fruits and Vegetables because that was all that they could afford.
By Nikolas Petrovski
The Ancient Rome’s started their day with breakfast. For most Roman’s, breakfast was quite affordable. After breakfast, the adults may go to the Forum, where the shops and bank are. Different events like festivals and religious ceremonies were held here. Public speaking was also done here.
During the day, whilst the adults were at the Forum, the children attended school. Ancient Rome had two different types of schools, like we do today. The first school was for children up until the age of 11 or 12. Today this school is like primary school. These schools taught the children basic skills like reading, writing and simple mathematics. Mathematics was done by using an abacus. As they didn't have paper books in the ancient times, the Roman's used waxed tablets and were written on with a stylus instead.
When the children reached time to go to the more advanced school; like Secondary School for us. The students learnt more subjects like public speaking or study intellects of Ancient Rome like Cicero.
The main difference between Ancient Roman civilisation and our civilisation today is that girls were unlikely to attend these advanced schools. This is because girls were allowed to get married at the age of 12. Boys could get married at the age of 14.
After school, the children would play with their pets, toys and/or friends. For dinner, the poor (Plebeians) would eat porridge. If they could afford food of more quality, they would have fish, bread and olives. On special occasions, wine would be eaten with meat.
Whilst the poor ate low quality food, the Patricians (wealthier people) drank large quantities of wine along with their food. The men would have dinner parties whilst the women ate with their children separately.
Ancient Roman’s believed in many gods. The gods controlled their lives. Jupiter was the god who played the biggest role in the lives of the Roman’s. Jupiter had a wife called Juno who was the goddess of the sky. Mars (the god of war), Mercury (messenger of the gods), Neptune (god of the sea), Janus (god of the doorway), Diana (goddess of hunting, Vesta (goddess of the hearth), Minerva (goddess of healing and wisdom) and Venus (goddess of love) are some other gods.
http://www.allabouthistory.org/ancient-rome.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_education.htm
Clothes The Romans wore:
The Romans regularly wore a toga. It consisted of a white sheet 9 yards long. They were arranged fashionable and took great care. The Toga fell out of style rapidly and was exchanged for a comfortable tunic similar to long tee shirts. As mirrors were not invented as the way they are now Roman women look at themselves often in a mirror made of metal.
Food:
Poor people’s diet consisted of bread, dipped wine and water. Sometimes their diet included cheese, olives and raisins sprinkled on bread. In 1c CE it became regular to distribute bread daily to the unemployed. The upper class Roman relished fresh meat, fish, fruits, bread, vegetable and used honey to sweeten food similar to the Egyptians. They had slaves to cook and clean. The Romans ate with their fingers.
The average Roman day would begin by waking up at sunrise and eating breakfast. For children aged six to seven and above, school would be starting at sunrise but for other children their school may be starting at home being taught by their parents. The girls would learn how to spin, weave, sew, write and read. The boys would learn about the law, customs and would be physically trained for war.
Meanwhile If the parents were not home schooling they would be working . After the children came home from school in the late afternoon they might play with their toys, pets or friends. Dinner may consist a simple porridge or if they had the money fish, bread, olives , meat or wine Then they would retire to a bed either made of straw or just the floor.
In Ancient Rome most boys would be off to school or at home with their tutor in the mornings. The rich people had great belief in their education and the poor people didn't really get a real education but some still learned how to read and write.
The rich children were very well schooled and they had private tutors.
School was only really for boys only. Girls wouldn't go to school unless they were taught at home if they did have an education. Girls got married at the age of 12 and boys got married at 14 years old.
Children would work a 7 day week, there was no weekends.
Girls may not have gone to school but they did get taught how to run the house and how to be a good wife. Girl’s education was music, sewing and having skills of running the kitchen properly.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_education.htm
Numbers :D
As you can see on the chart, the Romans didn't have a numeral for zero.
Calendar
The first Roman calendar was based on 10 months and only 304 days. The remaining 61 days that were later discovered to have been missing, were basically ignored and just occurred sometime during the winter season. The 10 months, beginning in modern March, were named Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. The last six of these months were derivatives from the Latin words for five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten,
A king, Numa Pompilius, is accredited with the addition of Januarius and Februarius, as winter months, to the calendar.
Days of the week
from the Norse Tysdagr.
from Norse Thorsdagr.
from Norse Freyjasdagr.
This is the alphabet that the ancient Romans used. As you can see, many of the letters look like those we use today. No wonder our letters are sometimes referred to as the Latin Alphabet!
EDUCATION
The children of rich families were the ones that went to school as the poorer children were needed to work. These poorer children were often taught by their parents. However some people payed for school masters to teach. There were 12 students in a class. The used wax tablets to scratch words or numbers into. School lasted until the children turned 11, the boys would usually continue on in school, while the girls learnt how to run a home.
TOYS
After school kids liked to play with some of the following toys:-
· rattles
· scooters
· jump rope
· yo-yos
· seesaws
· swings
· kites
· Dolls made from wax or clay - Some had jointed legs and arms.
· balls
· board games
· hobbyhorses
· carts hitched to goats, ponies, or dogs
· models of animals and people
· hoops with pieces of metal on them like bells
· stilts
· weight lifting
· tic-tac-toe
· knucklebones - similar to jacks except with bones
· boys played war with wooden swords
· leapfrog
· Odd or even - One child held stones in a closed hand. The other guessed if the objects were an odd or even number.
PETS
Families often owned a dog however birds, monkeys and Cats were also owned.
FAMILY
In Rome everybody from Grandparents to Kids lived in the same house, this was usually run by the oldest male. The women's roll was to take care of the children.
MARRIAGE
Girls married at the age of 12 to a boy of around 14 years. The ceremony was held at the bride's father's house.
Dinner
Dinner for Ancient Romans for the wealthier Romans was called Cena. This was the main meal of the day and more time was spent in perpetration then in eating.
Rich or wealthy Romans used to eat lots of meat such as Pork, Chicken and Rabbit. And Wealthy Romans also used to eat lots of fruit vegetables and Fish. But on Special Occasions they used to eat Giraffe and Flamingo. Wealthy Romans usually had slaves who cooked for them, cleaned for them and served then during dinner. They usually drank whine.
Dinner for Poor Romans poor Romans usually only used to eat bread for dinner served with a wheat porridge and some Fruits and Vegetables because that was all that they could afford.
By Nikolas Petrovski